{"id":8242,"date":"2018-05-01T03:08:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T03:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com?p=3037331&amp;preview_id=3037331"},"modified":"2018-05-01T03:08:43","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T03:08:43","slug":"pot-industry-pleads-its-case-against-potential-texas-cbd-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/pot-industry-pleads-its-case-against-potential-texas-cbd-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Pot industry pleads its case against potential Texas CBD ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/pot-industry-pleads-its-case-against-potential-texas-cbd-ban\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2878049\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter size-article_inline\"><img class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pot-industry-pleads-its-case-against-potential-texas-cbd-ban\" alt=\"Sarah Shebanek, wellness buyer for Alfalfa's, ...\" width=\"5568\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<p>RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Shebanek, wellness buyer for Alfalfa\u2019s, works with the CBD oil supplements the store sells on Dec. 4, 2017 in Boulder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DENVER \u2014 A month after a Texas health agency proposed cracking down on CBD, the cannabis industry is actively trying to change the minds of health authorities about CBD to keep the products on shelves throughout the state.<\/p>\n<p>The confusion started in March, when the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) announced a draft plan to yank CBD products from shelves \u2014 even if they contain no THC and aren\u2019t marijuana derivatives.<\/p>\n<p>Public comment on the issue has closed. The final decision will be made by the agency\u2019s commissioner, Dr. John Hellerstedt.<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman for the agency told Hemp Industry Daily that CBD is an adulterant that can\u2019t be added to foods and is not a legal nutritional supplement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DEA lists CBD and THC as controlled substances,\u201d Lara Anton wrote in an email.<\/p>\n<p>Anton said Texas health authorities haven\u2019t made any decisions yet about how to deal with CBD being sold online from out-of-state entities.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Hoban, a prominent Denver-based cannabis attorney with clients who make CBD, sent a letter to the health department warning that enacting the proposal would do \u201cdevastating and irreparable\u201d damage to the emerging hemp industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImplementation of the protocol would cause Texas to fall far behind the rest of the nation for years to come in its treatment and regulation of the products,\u201d Hoban wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, a lawyer representing the Texas Cannabis Industry Association (TCIA) questioned whether the health department, which did not participate in discussions about the state\u2019s new low-THC medical marijuana program, was the right agency to make such a decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to its nonexistent involvement throughout the legislative process . (the agency) lacks the education and understanding of how CBD and THC from hemp products should be regulated,\u201d attorney Richard Cheng said.<\/p>\n<p>Anton told Hemp Industry Daily that the health agency has detained CBD products in the past, but she did not elaborate or say whether anyone was charged with a crime.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related right\" \/>\n<p>She gave no timeline for a decision about CBD in Texas but said the agency\u2019s decision won\u2019t be subject to review by the state Legislature because the agency does not consider the crackdown to be a new regulation, just enforcement of an existing rule.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Nichols, chairwoman of the TCIA, isn\u2019t buying that argument, saying Texans are safely consuming CBD now and should be allowed to continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexas has fallen behind on the national and global stage related to hemp and CBD,\u201d she wrote, listing other states that have expanded access to CBD.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiterally, the majority of Americans (in both \u2018red\u2019 and \u2018blue\u2019 states) can add CBD to their smoothie in a local shop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Information provided by\u00a0Hemp Industry Daily via AP member exchange<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p>A month after a Texas health agency proposed cracking down on CBD, the cannabis industry is actively trying to change the minds of health authorities about CBD to keep the products on shelves throughout the state. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52,330,6811,6892,55,6813,77,5667,56,9,7036,6855,5019,441,1,3,557,18,61,1736],"tags":[2632,2908,6816,6893,2635,6818,2655,5673,2636,7037,6856,5022,3015,3130,2622],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}